Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-02

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seq asd fas Times evsry suoosaA
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non e plane q GenrSs Alfred Towns
end. he nosf popular nsWspspsr esETs
spondsst e ne daT. b forme6 q III
initial isEleEs of his nAms. Witk the 1nsl
b a6ded 70 indiease The place 10 which
be wiz be feiegstsd aftsr death ~ a pun,
lskmanf for she LES be hAs told Gsfk
has long had . repEtaEion for lyisg uifk
. graes and ahaDdoa which have nsvsi
bssn exssiisd. He lies because Il 10 liz
bnainew % DO so-nss from . malicious
desire 70 nIsiead bis fellow men. De d
conpstisd 70 wFifs . great dsai foE ~
pras and he usually writes q somsshing
which he knows nofking sboat. He &c
oordlngfy lies with dsgxs Of btsnd IN
connciouaness which conatftu1As Nh
creates charm. IL . recent isttsr 70 tn
ClBcinnAti EnquirsE. be attempted . De
scribe Washington Territory. shd hsrs 4
he result q hia ellor7s.
KnKhgn~ton TeuitGry 10 net clearly
idemli6sA ~ moss o. The people. I some
times have 70 hssltass myseh 70 knoN
Wheths- 0reg9a Il norzh o. Washington
o. sguta q q. Wasn1ngtos TsrrlteFy.
Which - eiso about q - be Q 6'ate. lies
biA FSvsr. and extesds cut . hundred
miles east Of TIE GeaumtdA nTeF. % ~ 70
N axe ne4riy st,slghz boundary Rgrth
an6 south With i4Ako TerKsierF. The
town ~ Portian1 Oregon. IL therefore
but few niles over lts b9un1afy. The
magnificent egtn NJ ~ Pugss seHnd fails
lnto TIE western b III q Washington Ter
H0u may suppose. who live In Ohio. tAst
from fosedo sueFt In . great lake CT ga
- far esssWsrd - CieFeiald, ard thea
eueDt sDutbWafd e far e Colu8bus
Newark a1d epdngdeid IN navigahle
deep channels Ike eonfiuaous lskes
right In be midgt Of this superb hriarinn
ship navigation sta16s npen an iaiAnd The
city o. seattle. AZ ths Ts J b0ttonof tke
naNtEBfAan, rot more thaH sixty miles
iron the columbia riFer. . the IOWA Of
Olympic A. tbs outlet % this aefwoFk
Of ialsnda lies Port fownsanA Where
the great Bay Of San Jaan de Faca pieks
up tnis ini tnd navigation and caEr9es il
b ehannel twe-ty miles vice ogt 70
gea, Stands Cape FiatteRy. Thus yeu have
. h8xe terTitory. Of which the most north
western per ton e YATES, Ike TIE islands
a. 01ee1s amid the Turkish seas, and alss
IKE 6fesee. this great square q naFfga,
ton sexenty ~ mtg miles In extant Il
surrounded b. m0antalns. and through
these snsantsins CONS dosn the stresms
which maize tbs Coium his river on thf
south @ 81 ~ the sAa Juan waters IN
TIE middle.
One searceiy knows which Of The many
remarkable facta here disclosed should b
considered most starting. Tbs state
ment that the city Of esatsis IL Situated
upos a Island right In The midst q ri,
briariaa ship navigation must be -
esptsa with many miszivinsA. whlIa the
additional statement that Olympia IL al
tha very bottom Of nKvinMflon- via Be- in,
dlxnantiy tenled By the citizens Of tks
Capital City. The great Bay Of sal
Juan de Fuca- e also somstbizR rev Il
geogr sphy. while the information tA4l
''throuSh these mountains come down
The steAms which make the Columhia
river o. tke south o. al up the San Juar
waisrs in the middle win BE- seornfuIly
repudlstsd hysvsFy intelligent scboolboy
On The whole Il mag readily Be be
lieved that Gath has to hesitate TO know
whether Oregon Il north Of Washington
or south q a. Win that much trush, a
least he must Be cresiied.